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i - ,,1.1,...-. r V. R A- T ilR'BIT'iR, J . V Gf v- VOL. XYTII :STO. 115 'SALISBURY, N. C., WEDNESDAY; MAX IT, 1903 r TWO CENTS ' . ' ' - ., i : ,r; " . , . - 4j 1 s SIXTH DAY GRUB Evidence Not Closed Som 9- l Witness From Riedsvill Attempts to Break Sheriff Dorsett - - - velopments Case Will Goto Jury Tomorrow Inter est Unabated ' Considerable speculation as to "V : - - 1 whether a mistrial might not occur has been occasioned by the illness of one of the jurors In the XSrubb case. . j Junius Furr was taken ill last night and Dr. Council's attendance became necessary and once this 'morning the proceedings were interrupted by the "' I jurors' having another chill.. K is be lieved, however,, that he will be able to attend to his duties and JkhaJ an other trial will not be necessary. I It is expected thai; the 'teslmony which was practically In at noon, will be finished before adjournment. to- night. The argument bids fair; to last - - - - - - V f two days and it is unlikely that the , 'v case will get to the jury before Sat- . ... 1 K i P urday att the earliest. v j When the. Sun went to press yester day eyenlng, Grubb was on -the Stand . and being .cross examined by Mr. Jus tice.'. His testimony ; In continuance follows: , . - ' TUESDAY AFTERNOON ' Asked. 4f ..he ha heard Daris were not .on the lictr-jLetven the school house and the church, witness said he thought so but could not be po3i tive. The hypothesis of Hartley's horse being nit was dragged in and ' confused the auditors but failed to confuse Grubb who kept his head admirably. He indicated on the blue print map ,the relative positions, as he remembered tjhem- Was about 6 feet from 'Davis at the first shot. Grubb showed about how Davis turned a after the first shot and was sked, how the - bullet could have come 6u through the front of Davis' .-...-- i vest and replied he did not know how far he turned himself. Could not tell how Davis got: to the rear of the ' j. i luggy because be never -knew for i sure- that Davis did get there when he fell. "Witness 'memory was not very clear.. 'Swpre that he never shot Davis in the back "while he was run- . . - -. . r i ning. Witness swore positively that , i he did not call the names of Lester Davis and Henry Charles, nor did he say "I want two more shots and I'll be satisfied." . j - r I Witness denied any trouble with men . - i ness "denied having trouble with men ' , i named Rowe and Riddle but admit- . ted knocking Frank Snider off a porch .as the result of trouble over some . -. - i -ditches. Snider insulted Grubb two i -or three times, Grubb struck him and they, fought, Jt out. Snider affrer- wards apologized. Mr. Justice suddenly reverted to i the allegation that Grubb had called for Lester Davis and Henry Charles, "'. ' .and quoted.- testimony from the . Greensboro records but again Grubb's i ' ' wonderfull coolness was in evidence. Involved questions were parried with marvelous skill till their import was ' fully understood and all attempts to confuse Grubb and tangle up his tes- timony failed again. j , Mr. Grubb's passed was again call- ... ! . ed up and the defendant narrated how he came to shoo tj Charges Darr. Grubb was in a buggy when the Greene's shot at Obe Davis and at the trial next day, Will Greene and Grubb , quarrelled - and then Darr pulled j a V pistol on Grubb who shot Darr in the OF 4; ; ;'v TRIAL -V. Surprises Sprang- Here The State Do No Evidence of ther New De V i leg with a shot gun. 'Mr. Justice ! - 1 d why Obe Davis must be drag askd ged into the story, if Grubb didn' do it justto bring discredit on he dead man and defendant replied he could not kell how it happened without tell itfg all. Grubb also told, on request, aboAt his shooting Bullabough to scaije him off and Bullabough was jailed while Grubb was acquitted, witness also narrated his affray with' Jim Greene in Salisbury. Les ter ing pDavis told Grubb, Greene was ly about him, so he struck him with a cane, tie snot iseison jioaieuer accidentally with a Flobert rifle but the nigger did not-even- have, to quit WorK.;Jt.e' slapped Thomas Perryman and hknqpked him "down for making vulgar Jrjemarks and using profanity in the . presence or GruoD s cnuaren. Admitted striking Jacob H, Feazar for calling "him r a liar. ' Witness de nied having fuss with Thomas Ratts, an old man, or .'splitting Will Krider's head, open 20. years ago with an axk handle.". Did. strike Krider over the head but they .were both" boys. . H r.' Justice, asked if Grubb had rioC hac several buildings on which there wa;i insurance, , burned. Defendant said his house was burned once-but the loss was $2,000 and insurance onlr $700. Denied having shot Will ' j Grtene, or having any trouble atall wit i Jim Wilson. He, Obe Davis, anc ; another man were , indicted and fin( d $75 as the result of Obe's she oting the other man who cursed t . ' - v . - . ' Da 'is, the two latter being , rivals in lov i. Never had any trouble with a r egro named Allen Slick. Admitted. beiag' in court three times for fights, and twice in The first time was Feaeral court. for having blockaded whiskey in his possession, the second time for mis- i apjilying stamp and" was fined $100. He admitted that about 10 or 11 years t age he made more liquor than the i 1 E. 1 government requires and paid no tax- es on it. This was his own admis sloi and was not forced by" request- ind beyond being asked if he had evir cheated the government. Grubb said he had whiskey iij -Lex-injton jail and gave it to his friends, just as' he 'did at home. Had never be ;n further out of jail than the kitchen. Said he was fined $10 once foi j making a coarse remark to old man Wilson but never struck him. i ' . . Sh.pped a woman named Eager near Sp encer who struck- him first over the head with a knife. Admitted beating Lem Anderson, "a ferocious ne?ro," in his employ with a meal pa Idle for refusing to leave the dis- til ery. Anderson had a pistol in his pocket. Ran for Sheriff and was glad he was beaten because "so many suckers" tried to bleed . him. Denied hd had men working in Davidson County to fix a jury, or knowing, of it be ng done. Evin's distillery run in defiance of the Watts law, did not be long to Grubb, Evins being a straw mnn, but the sale was bona fide. Grubb paid Evins fine by check be- . ' . t cause Evins had not the money with him. The money was later refunded to GrubbT With this the prosecution i B cs 1 ivn o ended the cross examination. 1 i Grubb had been on the stand two solid hours when he was stood aside, besides 35 minutes in the morning. There was a pause of a few minutes, during which counsel for the defense decided to introduce Bob Roseman's deposition and then rest the case. ' Roseman's deposition was objected to by Mr. Clement. The Solicitor was nptifieu prior to the trial that the deposiion would be taken on May 8, during this term of court. Mr. Jus tice read Judge 'Pearson's opinion in the case of Taylor against Gooch, 50 N. C, throwing out a deposition sim ilarly made. Mr. Raper claimed that the decision does not apply and Mr. Clement argued that a- deposition cannot be taken -during the term of court. . In reply; ex-Congressman Klutz argued that the decision was based on a statute in the revised Code of 1855 repealed in 1893, and that,! all circumstances considered, fairness to the defendant, requires that the State should not hide behind a technicality, especially as he State has counsel enough to permit the solicitor to be represented by deputy to cross examine Roseman. Solicitor Hammer argued that the court has no discretion. The defense filed affidavit concerning when the notes was filed, Roseman removed, etc;, and Judge Bryan took the mat ter under advisement. , f At, :550 Court . adjourned. . Col. John R. Webster, of Reidsville, a prominent newspaper man, was in . . '. . . - court when the Grubb case was call ed : this morning, and it was assumed that he j was here to -testify for the State in" re. Sheriff Dorsett's where abouts on October 15i' "Also .the dead body of -a" negro man was in the jury room, presumably a dummy to show something about the course v. of the bullet that killed Davis, and there was the nviiest, anticipation tnat there I would be something doing." ; . . - 4 - Judge Bryan announced hat in view' of the circumstances, he would ad mit Bob Roseman's deposition," which was ,, read by Senator Wright.' The . . . salient, point was "that Davig told der ' , fendant several times that he would kill Grubb, especially the Friday , be- v. fore the killing when Davis said "I am either going to kill him tonight or be killed." - W. D. Simerson, of Lexington, jus tice of the peace, was sworn. On his way to, Piney church before the "kill-. ing, he saw "Chuck" Williams and' Cleve Leonard about 125 feet from the church and going away from it. Saw Grubb shoot twice, but did not see Davis till he was about to fall. Davis was leaning backward and was turned sidewise. Witness turned Davis over and pistol fell part out of his pocket. Witness went to afrest Grubb and wanted to take his pistol but Grubb said not to take It, here were two men hired to kill him. Grubb said "I have killed the damned rascal but I had to to save my Ife." He asked where were Lester Davis and Henry Charles, but said nothing about wanting to kill them. Grubb's horse was hitched to the black jack. Grubb and Davis were so near that Hartley's horse was in range and was struck by the bullet which struck Davis in, the face. The horse's head . . . was turned toward the academy. Cross . examined by Mr. Justice, nothing new developed. The prose cution seemed to want to ask some pdinted questions yet to be a little afraid of the witness. ' Eugene Walser brother to Oscar Walser, went on the stand to corrob-erate- Oscar's testimony that Davis had tried. to hire him to kill Grubb. Witness said Davis came to their house the night in question and talk ed with Oscar, but that was all he - (Continued on Page 5) GOV. GLfNN IN NEW BERfi 4ppeals in Three Murder Cases Settled in Supreme Court j , ,m Yesterday I J " - Raleigh,1 N. C, May 17. Yesterdiay afternoon Howard Rogers, - a white boy, became Involved in a row; .with a negro about his age. The negro lip plied a vile, epithet to him, and Rog - - ,. . ... . 4 ers seized a baseball bat and struck ' . the negro over the head, inflicting a wound that was not at first thought serious, however, late last night there was serious developments and the white boy was placed in the city jiil;. the opinion of the physicians a,t ihe hospital being tnat tne negro cquia not live, His death is expected at any- time. The white boy, Rogersf is the son of a respected blacksmith! on Wilmington street. f Appeals in three murder cases were settled yesterday in the Supreme Court, the convictions and sentences in two, State vs. Will Adams ffom Wake and State vs. GaHand ff om' McDowell, being affirmed and a hew trial allowed in the case of B.i F. Blevins from Mitchell county. The ruling in the Adams case means that Adams must hang for the murder of Mary Bridgers and two children, ifear Raleigh, two years ago. And Garland from McDowell, mut serve a seven years' sentence for killing. Ivel ColH cutt, colored, because i'f the negrcf re fused to put some wood in the stove, in the depot at -Marion, in December, 1904. Blevins was convicted of ifian slaughter,r for the killing ot, j J. Buchanan, as he claimed, in self fense. The new trial is because de the de judge refused to present the self; fense feature of the case in the ight that; defense .asked that it should be in his charge. V; - T Governor Glenn, 'the State officials, and the general staff left this horn ing for New Bern 16 attend the Cere monies in ponnection with" the unveil ing of the monument to the 9th New jersey Volunteers. " The Raleigh" Light Infantry, under the command of Capt. W. F. Moody, also went along as a special escort for -the Governor. .IThe Governor nd NBt4t . offlciails r of Xe versey' will also attend. . The opinions' by the Supreme Court yesterday were as follows: ; I State' vs. Dunn, embezzlement, new trial. k St. James Parish vs. Bagley, no er ror. - Marks vs. Cotton Mills, new trial. Covington vs. Furniture company, no error. - - . Jones vs. Water Company, from Durham, no error. Pressley vs.' Yarn Mills, affirmed. State vs. Garland, no error. Rayburn vs. Casualty Company, new trial. ':; -; : ' ' . I.. State vs. Blevins, new trial. . Edney vs. Railway, per curiam, af firmed. ! '. State vs. Edmundson, per curiam, no error. . " ' - . :v::'' State vs. Shade, per curiam, no er ror.'. .;."' ;"-V.:'-" v':,;:.. .' : ' Bridges vs. Railway Company, per curiam, affirmed. Norton vs. Railway - Company, per curiam, affirmed. ." ; r GOV. GLENN AND STATE OFFICERS GO TO NEW BERN Special to the Sun". : Raleigh, N. C, May. 17. Governor Glenn, State officers, members per sonal and general staff and Raleigh Light Infantry as special escort left this morning for New Bern to partici pate in the unveiling of the monu ment by the New Jersey to he Ninth New Jersey Volunteers. Along with party went Mrs. Mary Winfield Joy ner, .who made " flag for "Beaufort Plow Boys" in 1861. which was cap tured by 9th New Jersey regiment and will be returned to survivors of Plow Boy ; Company." i TH El LAST VETERAN OF THE I WAR OF 1812 PASSES AWAY New, York, May 17. With all res pects due the last veterans of the wa of ,1812. The remains of Hiram Cronk reached here to-day and will lie i in state in governor's room in the city hall for, 20 howrs, when he will be escorted to Cypress Hill Cemetery The body will be escorted ; fronj Grande Central station to the city hall by regulars of he U. S. Army as well as several military and civic organiza tions from other, sections of the Un--ion. - , A CORRECTION A mistake was made yesterday by the Sun in the evidence of J. S. Free, in regard to the amount of a note held against him by Obe Davis. The note was only $25,00 instead of $1,000. 1 Quite" a crowd of Salisburians are attending the closing exercises of the Crescent school to-day. - " The school has arranged a mos in teresting program, which will be car-' ried out in a most excellent manner. The exercises will continue through tonight and a number of people from 'here are going 'down.' A SCRAPPY TIME Danville and Greensboro Have" a Warm Time at Danville. Game Forfeited in Sixth Special to the Sun. The Greensboro-Danville game was called in . the latter part of the sixth inning by Umpire Smith on account of interference on account of players. Game was declared forfeited to Dan ville, 9 to 0. , The score when the game was called was 3 to 2 in favor of Danville with the locals still at the bat. The game was close and ex- jf citing, but rather ruffian The um pire allowed players from both teams to come on the field and argue with him. He was pushed and cuffed about considerably and at one time it look ed as if the game might end in a row. At one stage of the game , .when at tempting to put a new ball Jn play, the ball was slapped out of his hand i by one bf the Greensboro players. Discussions on both sides were rather unsatisfactory. The attendance was 500. Weather very threatening. - r BALTIC FLEET SAILS Squadron of Fifty Vessels Other Details Given Stoamer Beached on Islaud 'Cronstadt, Russia, May 17. Vice Admiral Birileff, commander in-chief of the Russian fleets, in ' Baltic ports, has issued an order to the commanders vesaels, which will comprise fourth Baltic squadron, to be ready to sail fer. the far east., June 14th. . Paris, May 17. Reuter telegram L company -has- dispatch frem "K" London landed at Haichua. China, May 12th despite denials been made. p ; Toecio, May 17 The steamer Shuyet maru while on its way to Ne w Chwang struck mine near Miao islands in the Gujf of Prehili on May" the 14th. The vessel was beached on Elliott island. 1 THE BIG RACE IS ON Heavy Fop;; Shuts Out View Spectators Corona Fast ; . . . -..-' . . in Mud v Highlands, N. J., May 17. From the prospects at 8 o'clock the Kaiser cup race will be started at noon to day.! The sky is cloudy; fog only hanging on the horizon The sea is fairly smooth with 8t knots breeze from the east. New York, May 17.-Steamship Carolina which grounded inside San dy Hook during the-fog which pre vailed yesterday is still ; fast this morning. It is expected o be gotten off next high tide. At 6:10 tonight the Coronia was not thought to be in Any danger as the .bottom where she stuck is soft sand. She carried a large and distinguished passenger list. At noon time, chedule for the start of Kaiser's. cup race, a heavy fog set in from southeast, 1 shutting out the view of the racers. While it cannot be definitely stated at present wheth er they got off, it is generally be lieved the race is now on. It will be several minutes before the newspaper and the tugs are at the scene. At 12 o'clock there was an 8 knot breeze coming from the South. New York, May 17. Diminutive Fleurdelys, in a collision yesterday with a mud Scow was ready this morn ing to start In the race. It was at Erie basin last that-the damage was sustained. As the racers passed the Coronia, which is fastaground, they were loudly cheered by the passen gers who lined the steamer's deck: An excursion : fleet off Hook at 10 o'clock and. followed the racers out to a light ship. Disappointment at yesterday's posponement and the cold, bleak air did not seem to cool the enthusiasm of the spectators on the excursion crafts. ' v- ;: o . ADMIRAL SEES BALTIC FLEET Hong Kong, May 17. Admiral Ro jestvensky's fleet left Hon-Kohe bay, Hon-Kohe, oa Annon coast on Sunday morning and saw. the Baltic fleet numbering fifty vessels leaving the bay. i Capt. Wong Hoi .gives exact details of " the positions of different vessels In the fleet and says the flag ship dipped her flag in the salute to Wongtaoi. MOUNT ULLA ITEMS Mt. Ulla, , N. C. Our community sustained considerable damage from last week's storm, which almost reached . the dimensions of a cyclone southeast of here. The large trees were blown across the public road. Where the storm went through tim berland it is lying interlapped. We understand the orchard of Mr. Myers was completely destroyed. The regular communion services were held at Back Creek church last Friday, Saturday and "Sunday. Mr. John Barger got his arm broke several days ago. - Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Linn spent Sun day in the 'berg" with Mr. Linn's mother. Mr. J. C. Sherrill took his little niece back to her home in Durham, Saturday. Farmers were on the stir yesterday, but just at the close of the day we' had another rain which will put work back some . days. It seems Providence is aiding the cotton association to reduce the acre and in preventing that which is planted being worked. I am sure that if each farmer will diversify as much as possible we will come out all right in the end. - . J. C. Sherrill and sister, Lena, who have been visiting their sister in Durham, arrived home yesterday. We are still getting plenty of rain. MANNING ITEMS. Manning, May 15. Rev H. A. Trex ler and Delegate Simpson Patterson, leaves Wednesday morning for Pil grim church, Davie county, to be pres ent for the opening bf the annual ses sion of the N. C. E. L. Synod. There will be a big gathering at John Rixes tomorrow for the purpose of erecting a large double log barn. S. B. Colly says he gathered 31 gallons of strawberries'' last Friday morning. He sold"20 gallons and gave 11 gallons tohis neighbors. Mr. Colly has -a 'patch - 'cf r ' r-. . f rr pjanis. . , . . . V France Cress says ho v.ill buy a new Champion harvesting, machine. L There will be a marriaG" at tho parsonage Sunday evening. ' J. II.: Burkhead, . after spending" some time in Salisbury with -friends, has returned home.- - V S. . Mrs. L. I. SafritiTeturned to .her, home, on Chestnut Hill, Sunday .even-. Ing, after"', spending several days visit ins x efrti ves Jn our community. . -; Rev; "Trexler says he has. baptised over; BOO infanti lnc he entered the minjstery.' ; . ; . : ' "'..' 'W. H. Bost had his house recovered last Wednesday. -; ': "' A good deal of cotton yet remains to be planted. It looks as if the Hant of Providence will have', something to with reducing the acreage. Several of our c'tizens were sub poenaed 'Thursday for the' Grubb-Da-vis trial. ". ' ' ; " IN MEMORIAM." The following resolutibns were adopted by .Charlotte Division, No. 221, (Order of Railway 'Conductors. WHEREAS, By the death of B. W. Thaxton, April 25, bis family has lost a true and devoted husband and fa ther; one that always provided well well for them. Whereas Spencer has lost a good and worthy" citizen. Resolved, That Charlotte Division No. 221, Order of Railway Conductors has lost a true and loyal member and its members a kind and friendly brother; who will be greatly missed, for he was a. true and good adviser in all cases for the welfare and good of the Order. . , Resolved further, That a copy of these resolutions be published in Sal isbury newspapers, a copy to the "Conductors" and also spread upon ' the record of Charlotte Division No. 221. . ' - , - . . ? E. T. MORRIS, 4 I E. M. PATTERSON, Committee. :r. L. SIMPSON, . j; A. beaver. ' -. o DEDICATION SERVICES There will be, a dedication service. at Calvary Baptist church, four miles north of Salisbury, "near the, old Mocksville road, next Sunday with very impressive, ceremonies. There will also be 'services at tho church in the afternoon at 3: SO.
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